Friday, October 26, 2012

I have been trying this cream which activates the Youth Gene in our skins for the past few days and I notice that it's easily absorbed by the skin and when I wake up in the morning my skin is not too dry or too oily like it usually is. Just a nice balanced feeling.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

When I heard that Alicia Keys was doing a special collection with Reebok, I was so excited. I remember I was driving to pick up my baby when I heard it mentioned on the radio. I was a bit worried at first that it might not be stocked here in Malaysia. But IT IS !!! Yay!!!

My absolute favourites are the black ones with the gold and silver detailing. And how cool are the black classic high tops with the piano design at the heel area?! The gold part of that shoe at first glance may not seem like anything, but after looking at it more closely I realised its actually the silhoutte of the New York skyline. Very nice detail.

I could not and would not decide to only get one pair, so I got all three of the black and gold designed ones. Haven't worn them out of my house yet cause I don't want them to get dirty or wet or anything! Just love looking at them on my stairs.

After trying all of them on and walking around my house in them, the most comfortable pair

are the ones with the white trim at the bottom.

Go and check out the collection at your nearest sports store that stocks Reebok !

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Last week I did another round of shopping at the new Tesco extra at Mutiara Damansara for charity using the vouchers I won from their launch event and this time all purchases were for Home of Peace. This charity educates girls who come from underprivileged backgrounds and I called their absolutely lovely caretaker and asked her what do they really need. She said a clothes dryer is an urgent necessity so I was very glad to find that Tesco sells them so ordered one for her straightaway and it is on the way to them.

I then also decided to get new bedsheets for all the girls and some rice. You see the empty section on the shelves in the picture above? I caused that. I put everything from that section into the trolley.

Today I finally had a chance to go over and visit them at the home and there were two little girls who were so excited about getting new bedsheets. One was worried someone else would get the pink coloured ones she hid one of them to make sure it was hers!

I had a lovely chat with their caretaker Justine and she shared with me the many challenges and heartbreaks she faces in what she believes is her calling in life. Raising, educating and loving 16 girls is no easy feat. As I sat on the sofa talking to her with three little girls arranging and rearranging the bedsheets around us as some kind of game, I was reminded that it is people like her that make me believe that angels do exist here on earth. She is one of many I am sure.

To protect the privacy of the children who live in the home and their families, unfortunately I cannot share with you their pictures. However if you are interested to find out how you can help them, please feel free to email me at sasha_a_b@yahoo.com and I will give you more details.

Planning another shopping trip at Tesco soon ! I wish I could make this a part time job.

Friday, October 19, 2012

Straight from its leading R&D Centre in Suffern New York, Avon
scientists created a creamy, rich lipstick
formula infused with prismatic pearl
pigments making your lips shine from all angles. These pearl prisms will also match and
compliment your skin undertone as
if the colour was tailor-made for you.

The lipstick also has Honey
White Clover and Almond Extracts which gives it the nice moist texture. My lips always seems to get dry from air conditioning so this helps me!

A friend on Facebook found these very vintage adverts, advertising how to put on weight !

Wow.... I should have been born then !

How ironic. Then they wanted curves, now many want to be stick thin insects.... myself included actually... And how advertising changes over the years reflecting the wants, needs and desires of consumers.

Nuffnang

Biography

Sasha Bashir started out in the entertainment industry as a back up dancer for Malaysian award and music shows. After graduating from the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts with a Bachelor of Arts Honours in Performing Arts, she returned to Malaysia and started working at the Malaysian National Theatre, Istana Budaya as the Assistant Director of Marketing and PR. During her time there, she still continued performing in live theatre shows with lead acting and dance roles in the productions Lady Swettenham, My Bollywood Summer, Titiwangsa and Emas 10. In 2006, Sasha hosted her first tv show Explorace - The Extreme Journey on Malaysia's No 1 tv station, TV3. In 2007, she hosted Beauty Secrets from the East. In 2009, she co-created, co-produced and hosted a documentary about Asian dances titled DANSA. It showed on TV3 and NTV7 in 2009. Sasha also published her very first coffee table book based on the documentary. Titled DANSA - A Dance Journey, this 200 page hard cover books featured over 250 photos taken while shooting the 13 episode documentary with a special 'behind the scenes' chapter. The book is available in all major Malaysian bookstores for RM 130. In 2011, Dansa returned to NTV7 with a second season with all new dances and locations. Sasha is currently working on her second book Dansa - The Journey continues and is due to be in bookstores by the end of 2012. A children's book which is being published for charity will also be released by early 2013. Sasha is currently working as one of the panel of producers for the NTV7 documentary program NTV7 which airs every Tuesday at 7.30 pm.